ASSUMPTIONS:
1.
This
Act is effective upon signature of the Governor.
2. This Act provides a supplemental
appropriation of $200,000 to establish the Wilmington Redistricting Transition
Fund to assess the fiscal impact of transitioning City of Wilmington students
from the Christina School District to the Red Clay Consolidated School
District. The funding is to be used by the Red Clay Consolidated School
District, in consultation with the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission
and the Christina School District, for the assessment in which said assessment
is to be substantially completed on or before January 31, 2017.
3. This Act also establishes a working
group to review the fiscal impact assessment that is prepared by the Red Clay
Consolidated School District in consultation with the Wilmington Education
Improvement Commission and the Christina School District. The Department of
Education is to provide staff support to the working group, upon request, and
it is assumed that the Department will provide this support within existing
resources. The working group shall submit its review by March 31, 2017 to the
Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of
the Senate.
4. Funding is set aside in the Fiscal
Year 2017 budget process in the amount of $200,000.
Cost:
Fiscal Year 2017: $200,000
Fiscal Year 2018: $0
Fiscal Year 2019: $0
Office of
Controller General
(Amounts are shown in whole dollars)
June 30,
2016
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